LOCK, ALICE (EDITOR) — Looking Back at Ashton
Ashton-u-Lyne, Tameside Leisure Services. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0904506169) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. New mint unread copy. 178pp. This study of the town of Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside covers the early years of the 20th century. The seven articles are by a number of authors and provide a distinctive flavour of the town as it developed. They include Working Class Culture in the Inter-War Years, The Local Cotton Industry, The General Strike, The Communist Vicar, The 1928 Parliamentary By-Election and The Local Birth of Fascism. Extensive local bibliography for further reading at rear. New.